In this Crowd Coffee: business still waiting on Title III regulation; investment crowdfunding for the marijuana industry; Unilever and crowdsourced marketing; sharing economy debate rages on in London; and more.

Jo Sabin, marketing communications manager of DesignCrowd, a logo, web and graphic design marketplace, writes in to discuss the ways individuals can make the best use of content marketing — for which brands are increasingly turning to crowdsourcing platforms.

In this end-of-week Crowd Coffee: Pebble Time tops its predecessor on Kickstarter; crowdfunding a police investigation raises questions; crowdfunding in the EU still a niche market; CrowdMed continues to aid patients; and more.

Wealth Migrate, a South Africa-based real estate crowdfunding platform, is working on an ambitious project to create a more sustainable and better planet for all. The company is leading the Wealth Movement, working with crowdfunders around the world, 21st century businesses and governments to help an extra one billion people to become investors in real estate over the next five years. Find out more about the project after the jump.

In this edition of Crowd Coffee: Virginia looking to implement crowdfunding laws; six biggest challenges for real estate crowdfunding; crowdsourcing for women in STEM subjects; is venture capital helping or hurting the sharing economy; and more.

In this Crowd Coffee: the case against celebrity crowdfunding; what the crowdfunding landscape will look like in five years; more brands turning to crowdsourcing; crowdsourcing politics in the Philippines; and more.

In this Crowd Coffee: small businesses and crowdfunding; picking equity crowdfunding investments; crowdfunding the oil sector in Texas; ridesharing startup for long trips gets $11 million investment; and more.

In this Crowd Coffee: real estate crowdfunding and IPOs; Penn State fans crowdfunding coach's fine; how Amazon MTurk may be damaging academic research; Uber's place in the sharing economy; TATA Steel launches open innovation platform; and more.

In this Crowd Coffee: Singapore's proposed crowdfunding regulations get mixed response; the top crowdfunding projects on Indiegogo and Kickstarter; Crowdcube expands; sharing economy lessons for marketers; and more.

Brock Blake, president and CEO of Lendio, a marketplace lending platform that connects small businesses with small business lenders in the US, writes in to discuss the difficulties of small businesses attaining credit for growth; his company has also created an infographic about Valentine's Day and small businesses. Check it out after the jump.

Faith Forster, founder of Pinipa, a crowdsourced business transformation company, writes in to discuss the crowdsourced innovation process and how the ideas generated can actually be implemented at the company running the crowdsourcing campaign.

In this edition: competing crowdfunding bills filed in North Carolina; should you hire a crowdfunding consultant; African entrepreneurs turn to crowdfunding; should governments support the sharing economy; and more.

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